Album: American GhettoReleased: March 2, 2010
Label: Approaching AIRballoons,Equal Vision
Stars: 3.0
Skippable Tracks: 0
Must-listen/purchase Track: The Dead Dog
I think I forgot how do to a CD review; no, seriously! I don't know where to even begin with it.
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was enjoying a newly released album by Portugal the Man; I was. These guys just released two albums in July of 2009: The Satanic Satanist, and The Majestic Majesty. Sure, they were the same album (one regular album, and one acoustic) but it seems like they are just poppin'em out, and this album does show the consequences. This album has nothing on The Majestic Majesty and Satanic Satanist.(Check it out below. Really!)
So why Portugal the Man? According to Wikpedia they band wanted to have a bigger than life feel. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person." The name has more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures.
So sample some of the new, but most definitely purchase some of the old.
